Switching valve



Jan, 8, 1924.

F. HOVING SWITCHING VALVE Filed May 22. 1922 Patented aan. s', 1924. i l

UNITED STATES A PAT'ralv-T ol-Fica FRITZ Bovine, orl CHICAGO, ILLInoIs, AssIGNon, BY MEsNE AssIeNnENrs, 'ro BAL HOND BROS. ENGINEERING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO', ILLINOIS,

ILLINOIS. e

swIToHING vALvE.

. Application ala my 22,1922. v semi No. 562,852.

new and useful Improvements in a Switching Valve; and I do hereby declare that the followin is a full, clear, arid exact description of t e same, reference being had 'to the accompanyin drawings, and tp the numerals of re erence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

It is an object of this invention to provide an arrangement whereby a valve controlling two branch pipes may have its seats readily and accuratel ground. A It is a furt er object 'of this invention to provide a junction between two branch pipes, a valve pivoted between them so as to control either ipe, and means for accurately fitting tpe valve to valve seats formed in the ends of the branch pipes.

It is a further object of this invention to provide means in the arrangement above 25 described for holding the valves still while the pipes are being rotated to grind the valve seats.

Itis a further object of this invention to provide means for closing the openings through which said holding means is intro-A It is a furthenobject of this invention to provide such a valve with an arrangement by which it may be operated from adistance.

It is a further object of this invention to counterbalance the valve so that the operation thereof shall be easy.

It is a further object of this invention to rovide removable short pieces. of pipe or junction pieces between the lon er branch pipes and the fitting containing t e valve so that the rotation necessary to grind the valve and valve seats shall not require the rotation of any long pipes.

Other and further vimportant objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and drawings.

The invention (in a preferred form) is .gether as shown at-'2O in Fi illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawin :Figure l is a slde elevation of the fitting and valve. Figure 2 is a central vertical section. Figure 3 is a section upon the line 3-3 of Fi ure 2.

, igure i is a section uponfthe line 4-4 of vFigure 2.

As shown on the drawings:

The ,valve is mounted in a fitting 1 of the conventional Y sha e. The valve is operated by a pulley 2 whic may be operated from a distance by. means of a chain 3. The pulley acts. to rotate a shaft 4 which goes .through a bearing -.provided' withl a packing gland 6, a pressure member on this gland beln made integral with the cover 7 for the bearlng. The other end of the shaft' is mounted in a bearing 8 which is closed by a cover 9 protected by a gasket l0. The central part-ofl the shaft, as shown at 11, is made square in order to rotate the valve. Preferably the valve`is formed with a pair of ears 12 .with square openings therein to fit the squared part 11 of the shaft.

' The valve proper consists of a disk 13 providedk with beveled edges 14, one surrounding each face. The Y-shapedtting l has a single mouth l5 `.on one side of the valve, but on the other side it has two mouths '16 and 17 to afford entrances for the two lines of ipe which branch oil from a single pipe so make the reason for.the Y-shaped fitting. Y These mouths 16 and`17. are provided with `flanges V18 and 19, respectively, which, at' the point where the two mouths approach each other most nearly, merge tores 1 and 2.

A conronnrlon'or The pair of branching pipe lines which run v to the Y joint do not themselves enter the fitting, but short pipes or mouth pieces 21 and 22 are used at the mouths 16 and 17 respectively. These short pipes or mouth and 18 is a gasket 25, and between the flanges 24 and 19 is a gasket 26. The other ends of the short pi es 21 and 22 are provided with flanges, as s own at 27 and 28, which v vill be used for joining the longer or branching pipes to the valve structure. The upper end of the Y fitting has a similar flange 29, vvhich serves for the common pipe from the junction. f

For more ease in operating the pulley 2,

lit is provided with a counterweight '30 toY balance the weight of the valve 13.

The inner end of each of the short pipes 21 and 22 is provided 4with a valve seat 31 and 32, respectively. The valve 13 is made with a socket 34; in the eircumferentialsurface thereof opposite the squared part of the shaft 11. ln the position of the valve illus- Y trated, the socket 34: is opposite an opening 35 in the Wall of the ittin "1. In the other 'closed position of the va ve the socket 34: will'` come opposite an opening v36 in the other Wall of the fitting 1. Each of these openings ma be'closed by screwing into it -a plug. Suc a plug is shown at 37 for the opening in F1gure'3, and at 38 i501-I the opening 36 in each of the figures. In Figure 2, instead of the plug 37, the opening is shown as closed by a 4stud 40 which screws into the opening 35 but projects beyond this' opening into the socket 34.

The stud by. entering the socket 3ft holdsthe valve 1 3 against movement. The k bolts holding the short pipe 21 in place may then beremoved and the pipe21 can.

be rotated ,to grind the valve seat 31 and the beveled ledge 14 against one another, so that the valve, andvalve seat will come together accurately. Preferably during this grmding the. gasket 25 is removed. When the grinding isinished, the gasketisreplacedend the..bolts` again used ,to drawv the ipe 21home toits proper position. rlfhe stu 4() isthen unscrewed and the plug 37 screwed into the openingv 35 in the'base ofthefstud. The valveis then rotated withl the shaft 11 so that it .occupies-the other position. The plug 38 is' thenI removed and the stud a() screwed into the hole 36, Where4 itlagain enters the socket 34% andfholds the -valvestill in its newposition. y.By removing ,Y the boltsholding the pipe22in p lacezand-' the gasket 26, the pipe 22 may be rotated to grind lthe valve seat 3 2'and`g-rind the Vother beveledI edge 1 4 ofthe 'valve has beenidone,. thegaskets and bolts are replaced ,andf the plug 40 -is unscrewed fromk y the hole 36 andthe plug38screwed in in its 1 place.

The .valvefis Athen accurately vfitted so thatfwhenrmoved to eitherv oflits tvv/oy v closedp'ositions it Will `not leak. The anges y l 27 Aand .29 may be usedto support guide .pieces 4-2 to insure thatfthe chain A3y does `not get outof the groove in the pulley 2.

It will be obviousthat this Way .of grind.

other enterin When this lpipes., 'the-.en s Vof rsai aving valve seats formed thereon, la valvev in the tting, a pivot for said valvebetween 'in/sedeva ing a valve to insure Va good fit is applicable to any :Y joint, or if a diderent movement of the valve is used, it is applicable to otherjoints. lt-is particularly usable in heavy iping vvhere the task o-removing the valve In its casing in order to grind Vit ise'xpensive.` The most of the heavy piping need i not be disturbed in order to grind the valve in this arrangement, but only the short pieces of pipe 21 and 22 need to beunfastened. Wherethe Wear upon the valve seat is rapid, as, for example, in the pneumatic conveying of coal, this advantage is a very marked one.

l amaware that numerous details of construction maybe varied through a wide range Without departing from the principles of this invention, and l therefore do not purpose limiting the atent granted otherwisethan necessitated y the lprior art.

I claim as my invention:

`l. In combination, a pipe xture having 'three openings, pipes at an angle to each seats, one at t e mouuh of each of said pipes,

a two faced valve pivotally mounted so that on the end of said pipe toward said fixture,-

two of said openings, valve reo a valve cooperating with said seat, andxf 3. A pipe .xturar a va mountedtherein, saidv xture having' an a remova lmeans for holdingsaid valve from rotating 'f .during the rotation off said pipe. Y,

ve kmovably .opening opposite oneposition of said valve,

le closure orsaid o ening, and@ ,4

.means on the valve wherebya astening introduced through said opening can hold said -v valve vfrom movement. 1

l d. .l..V valve-. ,hav ing tvvoiinished AViaoe'aa discontinuity inthesurfacel of said ,fvalve 4between said faces in combination with fastening means 'adapted' to-cooperate with said discontinuity. 1 f 5.:A ,valve havingftvvo nished faces,a

.tting eontaining said valve, t a mounting yconstrainning thevalvel ltor a denitev moves ment, anda tvvo part fastening,one of said parte `being formed in thev surface lof said valve between said facesxand .thezother of j Saidartsbeing mountedl in said fitting. i 6."

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other, a ittin f termin .the junction ofsaid l pipes in the fitting the center nesrofasaid pipes, said vfitting `havin srevv threaded openin one on each s1detl1ereof, exterior to sai lines, saidy `ras iet

I Y. 1,480,070 B valve having a socket which in one position In testimony whereof I-have hereunto subof the valve lis opposite one ofvsaid openings scribed my name in. the presence of two subf and in another position of the valve is' 0pscribing witnesses. posite the other of said openings, the valve v5 contacting with one 019 the other of said valve seats -when it is in either of said .'positions.

4FRITZ HOVING.

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